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Affix

To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.

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Manner of action 8

Annex 76% connected

To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Infix 76% connected

To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Plaster 76% connected

An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Post 76% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prefix 76% connected

To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Seal 76% connected

Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stamp 76% connected

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Suffix 76% connected

A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 1

Attach 76% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Narrower term 4

Infix 76% connected

To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Postfix 76% connected

A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another word; a suffix.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prefix 76% connected

To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Suffix 76% connected

A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Postscript 74% connected

A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer; an addition made to a book or composition after the main body of the wo…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Postscript 74% connected

A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer; an addition made to a book or composition after the main body of the wo…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Causes 4

Adhere 72% connected

To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bind 72% connected

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bond 72% connected

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stick 72% connected

A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Containing whole 1

Word 70% connected

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Append 92% connected

To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Supplement 92% connected

That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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